New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-28

may lead b. the greasng of all pigs intended for
shipmcnt. Thieves have been doing thriving
business by quietly boarding stock trains OF rar
road CROSSINGS or other stopping points on the
outskirts OF the city and throwing of three or
four hogs to confedcrates conveniently stationed
The pork secured, the thieves as quietly wouio
alight and disappear. The pretty little game has
been broken up for the present, but 1t Is naoie
70 be renewed IL not in Chicago In some other
city. THE, cs would by no means find creased
hos so easy to handle. Better grease Them as
precautionary measure.
IL is related that when O'Neil wos taken to
the Tombs on Wednesday evening Warden Walsh
received him with an urbane SMILE Why
Was FATTY" glad to see him or was it smile
Of sympathy? Ono quality it must have had
that of cxpansiveness 1t is doubtful, though.
whether O'Neil felt cheered by this exhibition
of mbanity. The contrast must have been too
painful
That invetcrate snarler, The Evening Post
cennot be lust for more than twenty-four hours
TO any one from the State of Maine On Wednes-
day it quoted Senator Frye's reference to the
President in his speech on the Fisheries bill and
termed it handsome compliment and high
tribute. Yesterday it repented of its generosity.
and began to abuse him for praising tho President
marked sentcntiously ait that Mr.. Frye
wants him lthe PRESIDENT to make liberal of
the dangerous power conferred upon him. 1t
may do his Administration some harm" Wen.
if this is an Administration that cannot endure
the commentator Of the opposition, 1t must be
holow-cheste and fccbleknced "1he Post
is so peculiarly constituted that praise Of lbs
favorte statesman turns its head one day and its
stomach the next and Immediately il begins to
scent a large-szed rat.
Charges should be preferred against Detective
Price for his performances in Twenty -eishthsb. on
Tuesday evening and his conduct should be in
vesticated thoroughly. The affair has ugly look
and the detectives story is not at all satisfactory
The impression which is created by the published
accounts is that the power of the police force
used arbitrarily, unjustly and tylannically to set
Ito quarrel between women which should have
been decided in a civil court, and that the arrests
made were uujustifabe and outrageous
Deputy state Controller Hall seems to DO
anxious To initiate ChenOwth, Durham and some
other officials whose discoveries in auditing bills
at Washington made them the laughing stock of
the country. Mr. Hall has Just found out, or
thinks he has, that legislative employees who ure
paid 40 much day for the session are not
entitled to pay for Saturdays or other days
when the legislature does not meet A ccntury's
prcccdents do not affect tho mind Of sturdy
Roman such rs Mr.IIal Rut why not apply his 'ogic
To his superior. Controller Chapin2 lie attends
TO his private business In New York, and on an
average spends only small fracr on Of his time
in Albany If his salary for the days he is Abb
sent from his Office were deducted the state
would save the larger part Of ii every year.
When they get chance the Aldermen can a.
ways be relied upon to Guido thc record in the
matter of eAtlayaeancc. Among the items in the
bill presented by the special committee for "eA-
pcnses in attending the funeral Of the late Alder
man Mnstcrson Is one OF 3I9G FOR gloves. There
are only y-four Aldermen and this makes
over as a pair for gloves, or did the Aldermen
lay in a supply for home use? This puts in ,he
shalc the record OF any Concrc>si nal funeral
The Evening Post apparently entcrtains the
conviction that the WAY 10 purify politics Is To
Stiymatlc politicians "boys ana To spell boys
with a lar,c b. A year or two ago The Post
chnmpiOncd another equally able scheme for
hurryng along the political millennium. twas,
like the one mentioned, a very simple one IL
consisted in calling politicians nic<names. Now
say in all kindness 10 Mr.. Horace White. the
cditor-in-chicf OF "1hc Post that the sooner
lac tells ms young men To quit such fooiAhncss
the better IL win be for the standing OF his paper
outside Of the aSS lums for the feeble minded.
4 Chicago club denied Mr. Gladsi one admission
ut its last meeting. Tie choir viii please Sing
The recovered OF the bite
The dog Il that died
General sheridan has pr posed striking ard
ingenious plan Of harbor defence, based upon his
experience ia f-htnS Indians years ago. lie
found sunl>cn pits held by rihcmcn better than
forts. which formed clearly visible mark for the
enemy. He therefore proposes IA series Of sub
merged pits in tie sea, with guns that can be
sod or lowered af tlclstrc- never ri,ns above